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On 7th February 2025, following his conviction after a trial, prosecuted by Nicholas Lumley KC and John Hobley, Christopher Stockton was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years for the murder of 22-month-old Charlie Roberts. He was sentenced to an 8-year concurrent sentence for cruelty towards Charlie, who he had intentionally injured on a number of occasions in the year prior his death.
Mr Justice Goss also imposed a 4-year custodial sentence on Paula Roberts, Charlie’s mother, for child neglect following her guilty plea during the trial, accepting she had failed to seek medical attention for Charlie for injuries inflicted by Mr Stockton in the weeks before his death.
Mr Stockton, Paula Roberts’s partner, had telephoned an ambulance while looking after Charlie in January 2024, claiming he had collapsed after having choked on a biscuit. Pathological results revealed Charlie had suffered catastrophic brain injuries from being shaken or thrown against a hard object shortly before his collapse. Further investigation of photographs of Charlie revealed a pattern of inflicted injuries coinciding with Mr Stockton’s involvement in Charlie’s life.
Nicholas Lumley KC and John Hobley were instructed by Dominic Tate of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Press Coverage:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyw2x9l2n4o
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